Many adults unknowingly carry emotional patterns shaped by their relationship with their parents. When a parent becomes the center of identity, validation, or emotional safety, it can deeply impact self-worth and personal growth. Healing often begins by recognizing that parents…
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Some of my clients know that I’m very religious. They don’t care, as I don’t bring it into the room unless it is relevant. This is one of those times that it is relevant. This past November (2021), just a…
I was in the car a few weeks ago and there was an interview with Henry Winkler. If you don’t know him by name, he was Fonzie on Happy Days. They asked him about why he’s so willing to talk…
There’s something counter-intuitive about a healthy marriage… we have to get healthy and make the changes FOR OURSELVES, not for our spouses. I know how weird that sounds, yet hear me out and it will make sense. When we make…
What a treat! My close friend, podcast partner, and Bootcamp co-facilitator (Rebecca Wong) hosts her own podcast at Connectfulness.com. A couple of weeks ago, she interviewed me for it. It wasn’t really an “interview,” so much as the two of…
I believe there are three core “tenants” of Relational Life Therapy. Everything else we discuss are skills that are used to work towards these tenants. The tenants are the following, in no particular order: *Living a Non-Violent Life: this means…
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Cheesy as it sounds, there is such inner peace when you have healthy self esteem and healthy boundaries, and that peace leads to healthy and easy decision-making. Last week was our 15th wedding anniversary and we were deciding what to…
I was talking to someone a few weeks ago. No, I was talking to my children in front of someone. He made the comment that it shouldn’t matter what other people think of you, happiness comes from the inside. I…